I am a super cop

Chapter 2878 Old Work Clothes
Also in accordance with Gu Chen's suggestion, Engineer Xu began to ask the team leaders of the mining area to bring their subordinates to the open area one by one and let these people identify them one by one.

In this way, the teams passed by in rows, and everyone stayed for a few seconds before leaving quickly.

But after several waves of people checked, no one had ever seen the deceased.

Zhao Qing, who was standing nearby, approached Gu Chen and said, "Director Gu, none of these people have seen the deceased. Could it be that something went wrong? Or is it that the deceased was not actually here?"

"There is such a possibility, but it is unlikely." Gu Chen couldn't help but sigh as he listened to Zhao Qing's words:
"But what's stuck to the soles of a person's shoes is usually where they've been recently."

“But around the place where the deceased drowned, this is the only place with hematite.”

"At this time, the probability that the deceased has been here will be very high."

"Yeah." After hearing what Gu Chen said, Zhao Qing nodded silently and said without hesitation: "What you said makes sense."

"But now when we investigate, no one knows the deceased, which is very strange."

Crossing his arms across his chest, Zhao Qing continued, "What if no one recognizes the deceased?"

"Let's take it one step at a time." While Gu Chen was speaking, he was also constantly observing the changes in the workers' expressions after they looked at the photos.

"You haven't seen it? Then let's go." Seeing that these people had never seen the deceased, the middle-aged bald man simply waved his hand and asked these people to continue going to their jobs.

At this time, a team leader, accompanied by a dozen workers, came out of the mining area.

When the team leader saw the bald man, he was also curious and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Recognize someone, come over and see if anyone has seen this guy." said the bald man.

"Haha, so mysterious." Feeling that the bald man was a bit mysterious, the team leader took the lead to come over to check.

After just a few glances, the team leader shook his head and denied it, saying, "I've never seen this."

"Then you can go. You guys, come over here quickly to confirm." The middle-aged bald man pushed the team leader away and motioned for others to come over.

Everyone came over lazily and checked one by one.

But when an old worker who was about 50 years old walked up to him, his eyes suddenly lit up and he froze in a daze.

Gu Chen also noticed this detail, so he quickly observed the expression of the older worker.

"Know him?" asked the bald man.

"I don't know him." The older worker shook his head.

"If you don't know him, get out of here." The bald man seemed to be dealing with it, feeling that this was a waste of time and would affect the work efficiency of the mine.

So when the workers said they didn't know him, he would immediately ask them to leave and get back to work.

Just as the older worker was hesitating and about to leave, Gu Chen suddenly called him:
"Just wait a moment."

When Gu Chen called him, the older worker had already walked away, but then he stopped and turned to look at Gu Chen.

Gu Chen also took the initiative to step forward, handed the photo album on his phone to the older worker again and asked, "Take a closer look at this person. Have you seen him anywhere in the mining area?"

"Uh..." Faced with the same photo, the older worker calmed down and looked at it carefully again.

After a moment, he looked up at Gu Chen and said slowly: "It seems... I have some impression."

As soon as the older worker finished speaking, everyone at the scene stopped what they were doing and all looked at him.

Xu Gong also quickly asked: "Have you seen it?"

"Well, it seems so. I seem to have some impression." said the older worker.

"Then why did you say you didn't know him?" Mr. Xu asked again.

The older worker quickly responded: "I really don't know him, but I feel like I have some impression of him, as if I have seen him somewhere before."

"Where?" Zhao Qing heard this and hurried forward.

Everyone gathered around.

The older worker scratched the back of his head and said, "I remember seeing him in the open-pit area A of the mine before. He seemed to be standing there at the time."

"Think about it carefully." Seeing this, Lu Weiwei continued to urge and guide.

The older worker also said slowly: "Because I work in open-pit area A, my main job is to distinguish ores."

"At that time, I had seen this person, and it seemed that this person passed by me."

"What was he wearing?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Same as us." The older worker pointed to his work clothes and said without hesitation:

"Wearing the same work clothes."

His words instantly made Xu Gong and the middle-aged bald man panic.

Zhao Qing also hurried forward and asked Engineer Xu, "What's going on? This man is a worker from your mine, how come you don't recognize him?"

"No... no." Xu Gong was a little confused and quickly explained:
"I really don't know him. I know all my subordinates, and I have to check on all the major work stations every day. How could I not know him?"

"What about you?" Zhao Qing turned around and asked the bald man again.

The bald man was also dumbfounded and said: "Although I am the person in charge of this mining area, I don't know what is going on?"

"Because I haven't seen this person either. How could I not know the workers here? How could I not recognize them?"

Spreading his hands, the bald man quickly explained: "Besides, if the deceased was a staff member here, then why didn't any of the workers in our mine know him?"

"What you said seems to make sense. If he is an employee here, then other employees should have seen him." After hearing what the bald man said, Yuan Shasha also felt that there was some truth in what he said.

Officer Wang pointed at the older worker and asked Engineer Xu, "He is also a worker in your mine, so how come he has seen him before?"

"Oh, is there something wrong?" Xu Gong was a little panicked at the moment, and hurried to the older worker and repeatedly confirmed:
"You said you saw him in work clothes. Are you dazzled?"

"I... I may be dazzled, but this person looks familiar." After thinking about it, the older worker still felt that he had seen this person before.

Everyone present was panicking at this moment.

Lu Weiwei also hurried forward and continued to ask: "Can you tell me more about the situation when you saw him?"

"Hmm." The older worker thought for a moment and said:
"Before, I was checking the transportation of vehicles in the mining area. That is, the vehicles in the mining area transported minerals to the open-pit mine for storage. I had to record them."

"So, I was working over there, but this guy seemed to be wearing our work clothes and walking from over there to over there."

In order to show it to everyone, the older worker even pointed in the direction with his finger.

Gu Chen quickly looked in that direction and said, "Can you take us over there to have a look?" "Sure." The older worker said without hesitation, "You guys let me do it."

So everyone followed the older miner to the area where he worked.

At this moment, there were still mine cars parked on one side, and the drivers gathered together smoking and chatting.

The older miner walked to one of the roads, and after determining the location, he quickly pointed it out to Gu Chen and said:

"I was standing at this location at the time, and I saw that person, seemingly walking from that direction, into the mine."

"Are we heading to that mine?" Gu Chen pointed in the direction of the mine.

"Yes, that direction. There is a mine there," said the older worker.

"Have you ever seen him go in?" Lu Weiwei asked.

The older worker shook his head: "No."

"When he walked through here, did he walk openly? Or did he walk stealthily? Or did he communicate with passers-by?" Officer Wang continued to ask.

The older worker thought about it again and again, and shook his head in denial: "He didn't communicate with anyone, and the way he walked seemed like a normal person."

"He was neither open nor sneaky, which made me feel that he must be a new worker."

"After all, we often have newcomers joining the workforce in our mines."

“So the man looked strange to me at the time, but I felt that he should be a new employee of the mine.”

After the older worker finished speaking, Gu Chen and the others turned their eyes to Xu Gong and the bald man.

Xu Gong also spread his hands and defended himself: "This is none of my business. I am only in charge of technical engineering. I am a technician, not personnel."

"Then who is in charge of personnel matters?" Yuan Shasha asked.

Xu Gong looked at the bald man and said, "He is in charge."

"But I haven't seen this person either." The bald man panicked when he was mentioned and quickly explained:
"I have really never seen this person, and it is obvious that this person is not one of our employees."

Turning to look at the older worker, the middle-aged bald man quickly asked, "You said he was wearing our mine work clothes?"

"Yes." In response to the bald man's question, the older worker nodded silently.

So the middle-aged bald man continued, "Is he wearing a new work uniform or an old one?"

"Uh……"

As if stumped by the question, the older man began to hesitate.

The middle-aged bald man at the side continued, "New employees here are usually given new uniforms of corresponding sizes. We can check based on the clothing."

"Yes... it's old." Just as the middle-aged bald man finished speaking, the older worker also said quickly:
"He was wearing old work clothes."

"Are you sure? How do you judge it?" Deputy Secretary Zhao Qing also asked quickly.

"Because the new uniforms are brand new, compared to our old uniforms, you can tell at a glance that the difference is quite big."

"But the work clothes that person was wearing were actually similar to what we were wearing, and they were obviously a bit old."

"So I judged that the man was wearing old work clothes."

After listening to the older worker's judgment, Zhao Qing turned his gaze to Gu Chen again.

Gu Chen also came to the middle-aged bald man and asked, "Are the work uniforms here registered?"

"Yes." The bald man nodded silently and said without hesitation: "Everyone received two sets of work clothes, but the last time we recruited employees was two months ago."

"So it's impossible for the work clothes these people are wearing to be brand new."

"Everyone has two sets, which means that everyone will have an extra work suit. Will this extra work suit be worn by the deceased?" Lu Weiwei asked.

The bald man was stunned again, then he thought and said, "It's not impossible."

"But the workers in our mine usually wear work clothes to work, and we don't leave extra work clothes in the mine."

“Even if there are, they are very few.”

"Then find out this very small number." Zhao Qing on the side also became impatient.

The bald man felt the pressure at the moment, and quickly replied: "I'll go ask again to see if anyone in the mining area has left extra work clothes here."

"Why don't you go quickly?" Zhao Qing continued to exert pressure.

The bald man at this moment also hurried away and started to gather the workers in the mining area again and began to question them one by one.

Gu Chen and his companions continued to stand where they were and communicate with the older worker.

Gu Chen asked: "You said you saw that man wearing old work clothes passing by you and then heading towards the mine. What happened after that? Did you see him again?"

"No." The older worker shook his head and explained:

"The mining area here is quite large, so the positions of the staff are also widely distributed."

"So it's normal for some people to look unfamiliar, because everyone comes to work in the mine and goes to their work station after clocking in."

"If the time is different, then the staff in several places in the mining area will basically not see each other."

"But the more I look at this person, the more familiar he looks. Now that you mention it, I really remember him."

"But I haven't seen that man since then, but I thought he was a staff member of our mine."

"Oh my god, this person walked into your mine so blatantly?" Lu Weiwei felt incredible, so she looked at Xu Gong and asked:
"Mr. Xu, the management here is a bit chaotic. Can outsiders come in casually?"

"Uh……"

Feeling a little embarrassed, Xu Gong also grinned and quickly explained:
"We are not a confidential unit here, and the outside is just surrounded by some barbed wire."

"People from outside want to come in, and the security is not very strict."

"Besides, these ores are worthless to ordinary people. We can only keep them here and refine them."

"So in terms of management, they may not be too strict. It's normal for some people to come in and not be noticed."

After a pause, Xu Gong continued to explain: "But you can go ask the security guard at the door. He should have had a chance to meet this person."

"And it's very possible that this person was let in by the security guard."

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